Ryanair is trying to force users to download its mobile app by eliminating paper boarding passes, starting on November 12.
As announced in February and subsequently delayed from earlier start dates, Europe’s biggest airline is moving to digital-only boarding passes, meaning customers will no longer be able to print physical ones. In order to access their boarding passes, Ryanair flyers will have to download Ryanair’s app.
“Almost 100 percent of passengers have smartphones, and we want to move everybody onto that smartphone technology,” Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said recently on The Independent’s daily travel podcast.
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Another reason to avoid them. Knowing their business practices (sleazy dark patterns and all), you can bet that any code of theirs on your phone will pillage your privacy to a Zuckerbergian levels.
